Sea Spiders

[Chucky]

Has anyone ever kept / found a Sea Spider?

http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/041021_sea_spider.html

Check out the image on the bottom.

 

[Anonymous]

I read a tale online (sorry, forgot where) about a person who had a tank infested with them; and they caused a lot of damage...

 

[fungia]

i thought tropical sea spiders are bad for corals? dont they eat xenia and coral polyps?

 

[Anonymous]

I've never heard of sea spiders. :?

 

[NO_SHOES]

VERY COOL IN THE RIGHT TANK, BUT NOT REEF SAFE

 

[Anonymous]

I had some in my old tank, no problem. Bob Fenner told me they were pretty rare.

 

[Anonymous]

It really depends on the genus and about 600 species of Pycnogonida . Some species feed on nudibranches, polychaetes, hydroids and small invertibrates, some feed on stony corals, others are strictly scavengers and others are parasitic, feeding on the internal fluids of sea anemones. When satiated they simply drop off, rarely is the anemone harmed by this unless the sea spider is larger than the anemone.

Regards,
David Mohr